Hi   Obituary of Rev. Thomas SPARGO (1857-1902)   Thomas SPARGO, was born at Chacewater, Cornwall, in the year 1857. He was converted to God in 1871 and after two years' experience as a Local Preacher was accepted as a candidate for the Ministry and designated for the Institution and Foreign work. At Richmond College he greatly impressed his fellow-students by his deep spirituality and brotherly kindness. He was sent to South Africa in 1881 and in the several circuits where he travelled he was in labours most abundant. In Molteno, Seymour, Salem, Hilton and Cathcart he will long be remembered as a man of saintly character, a devoted pastor and a faithful and useful preacher of the Gospel. At Hilton the very fine boarding schools erected mainly through his jidicious and persistent efforts are his special memorial. Throughout his ministry he suffered the inconveniences of a weak physical constitution which entailed an extraordinary amount of self-denial and heroic endeavour in the prosecution of his beloved work. When he realised that the end was near he calmly set his house in order and waited for the call of the Master. After a week's illness, during which he was unconscious, he fall on sleep at Cathcart, August 29th, 1902, in the 46th year of his age and the 22nd year of his Ministry. From Minutes of Wesleyan Conference 1903 Page 8 Darryl Allwright P O Box 166 Grahamstown South Africa 6140 Tel: 046-622-8134 Cell: 076-091-2764 Fax: 086-513-3779